Every adoptee walks through life dealing with the loss of at least their first family, and each one will experience that loss with a different lens. This week, Suzanne Stabile joins Lisa and Melissa for a rich conversation about adoption, the Enneagram, mystery, and curiosity. Suzanne shares vulnerably about how she’s dealing with the “adoption-shaped hole” in her life.
As an internationally recognized Enneagram Master, Suzanne has conducted over 500 Enneagram workshops over the past 30 years. She’s the author of The Road Back to You, The Path Between Us, and The Journey Toward Wholeness. When she is not on the road teaching and lecturing, Suzanne is at home in Dallas, Texas with her husband, Rev. Joseph Stabile, a United Methodist pastor with whom she co-founded Life in the Trinity Ministry and the Micah Center. She is the mother of four children and grandmother of nine.
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#225: [workshop] Using the TBRI® Nurture Group as a Family with Tristen McGhee
#224: [Summer Swap] Finding Connection Through Your Adoption Journey
#223: [Summer Swap] Our Enneagram and Blocked Care Journey
#222: [Summer Swap] Healing from Blocked Care
#221: Questions to Ask Yourself
#220: Why Encouragement May Be Better Than Consequences with adoptee, Stephanie Fast
#219: [workshop] Successful Vacation Planning for Adoptive Families
#218: [mailbag] connection with adult children, older child adoption, hugs and attachment
#217: [workshop] Explaining Our Families to Others with Beth Smith Feger, PhD
#216: Breaking Free from the Cycle of Generational Abuse with Former Foster Youth Kristen Thomas
#215: [mailbag] birth family, psychosomatic symptoms, blocked care for non-parent caregivers
#214: Reclaim Compassion Book Preview
#213: [workshop] Attached to God with Krispin Mayfield
#212: The World’s First Embryo Adoptee Comes Full Circle with Hannah Strege
#211: [mailbag] Boundaries, structure vs. nurture, separation anxiety, birth family
#210: Exploring How Your Past Impacts Your Parenting
#209: [workshop] Connection Matters More than Vegetables with Dr. Rowell
#208: Using Bibliotherapy to Tackle Tough Topics with Darren and Margie Fink
#207: How to Help Your Children Navigate Their Identity and Thrive with Jenn and Josh Hook
#206: [mailbag] the sibling experience, choices, are we making a difference
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